Latin: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Tastemade is partnering with Ole Interactive to launch a new joint venture called Tastemade Latin America, aimed at boosting the region’s expanding streaming television market.

Alex Ritman Five-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”, “Gone Girl”), BAFTA nominee James Norton (“Joy”, “Bob Marley: One Love”), and recent Golden Globe and Emmy winner Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”), have joined Bella Ramsey in the upcoming feature “Sunny Dancer.” First launched in Cannes 2024 and announced by Variety, the buzzy project — the sophomore feature from rising British talent George Jaques (“Black Dog”) — is set to begin principal photography in April. The trio of new additions also join Louis Partridge and Ruby Stokes in the cast.

Bad Bunny will be playing 30 concerts in his hometown of Puerto Rico this summer and all of the dates are now sold out!

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer “In the Summers,” the acclaimed indie film and winner of the 2024 Sundance grand jury prize, will make its streaming debut on Hulu. Available starting Feb. 5, Alessandra Lacorazza’s decades-spanning tale of the tumultuous relationship between two siblings and their father was released in the U.S.

Thania Garcia Natalia Lafourcade will head her most extensive North American run since 2018 for the “Cancionera Tour,” launching on April 24. She is set to perform in concert halls across the United States and Canada including BAM Opera House in New York, the Chicago Theatre, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Paramount Theatre in Seattle, and more.

Thania Garcia Shakira took the opportunity to address the political turmoil surrounding President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during her Grammys acceptance speech. After receiving the award for best Latin pop album for “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” from Jennifer Lopez, the Colombian singer thanked her children and dedicated the award “to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country,” she said.

Carlos Aguilar Cumbia music is the one grounding constant in Argentine-born Spanish filmmaker Amalia Ulman’s sophomore effort “Magic Farm,” a formally radical, biting satire about odious, privileged Americans adrift in a remote Argentine rural town. The group of foreigners works for a Vice-type media company dedicated to exploiting offbeat stories from around the world for sensationalist video content.

Shakira is wowing the crowd at the 2025 Grammys!

Jennifer Lopez is in the building!

Karla Sofía Gascón is speaking out.

Karla Sofia Gascon appeared to reference a resurfaced social media post that she made about her Emilia Perez castmate, Selena Gomez.

Ken Flores, a stand-up comic who also produced the comedy show Latin XL, has died, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said. He was 28.

Montell Douglas has said she's 'mourning' her former dance partner Johannes Radebe as the Strictly Come Dancing pair went their separate ways following their exit from the competition.

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Bad Bunny recently appeared as a guest on Hot Ones and chickened out of the hot wings challenge, claiming that he is looking out for his colon.The Latin superstar was the latest guest as part of First We Feast‘s series that sees celebrities interviewed whilst tackling a number of chicken wings covered in increasingly spicy hot sauces.“It’s a problem because they’re so fucking spicy but it’s really good,” Bad Bunny – real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – told Hot Ones host Sean Evans while starting to dive into the wings. “I should’ve asked my doctor before this shit.”The ‘Mia’ singer made sure to vocalise his concerns about the effect the spicy wings would have on him, saying: “I’m worried about my colon,” before adding: “I think I will be at the bathroom the whole trip from here to Puerto Rico.”To help cool down and calm Bentio’s face and mouth, Evans offered the singer ice cream to which Benito immediately lights up and responds with: “That sounds nice!” After taking a bite, the singer commented, “Ice cream! Is this coconut? Best idea ever.”After the ice cream break, the ‘NUEVAYoL’ singer decided to tap out and call it quits right after the famously tough Da Bomb hot sauce wing.

EXCLUSIVE: Together Films has snapped up a film sales exec to oversee France, Benelux and Latin America.

Brent Lang Executive Editor The North Road Company, a media venture launched in 2022 by mogul Peter Chernin, has made its first acquisition in Latin America with Perro Azul, a major Mexican production company. Perro Azul has produced Netflix’s most watched show ever produced in Mexico and Latin America, “Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién mató a Sara?).” In a release announcing the sale, the companies said the acquisition will allow Perro Azul to “scale their storytelling vision,” while allowing it to use “North Road’s strategic resources and expertise to bring even more Latin American stories to global audiences.” As part of the deal, Perro Azul’s founding partners, Alexis Fridman and Juan Uruchurtu, will remain in their leadership roles, alongside the company’s Executive Producers Diego Rabasa and Julián de Tavira.

Jamie Lang The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards are entering a new era with the appointment of Argentine Silvina Cornillón as the new director. Cornillón, a pivotal figure in the animation industry for over two decades, steps into the role following her tenure as an ambassador in Latin America and coordinator of the Quirino Awards Residency. Cornillón’s appointment comes at a time when the Quirino Awards have received a record number of submissions for their upcoming eighth edition.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Sony Pictures Entertainment has upped Keith Le Goy to the role of Sony Pictures Television chairman. In his new position, Le Goy, who most recently led the studio’s combined television and home entertainment distribution and marketing businesses, while also overseeing SPE’s cable networks in Latin America and Europe, will expand his oversight to lead all of Sony Pictures Television’s domestic and international production, including the game show business and GSN (Game Show Network).

Anna Marie de la Fuente Endemol Shine Boomdog, the producer of Max Limited Series “Like Water for Chocolate,” has joined forces with Brazil’s A Fábrica to launch A Fábrica Mexico & U.S. Hispanic. Both are part of Banijay Americas.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent MIAMI — Colombia and Mexico-based TIS Studios has boarded the Gaumont USA-produced “Futuro Desierto,” Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo’s six-episode near-future psychological thriller and family drama which explores big questions sparked by Artificial Intelligence. Also, it looks to do what Lucía Puenzo does best: Enroll a propulsive genre momentum to ask highly relevant personal questions, here focused via a familia drama, about modern-day society.